Electrical Engineer
Austin, TX, TX, US, 78733
As an Electrical Engineer, you will be personally contributing to crafting the future by joining an R&D embedded systems team that realizes product innovation and develops our nation’s infrastructure. Our traffic controllers, road-side units, and other devices support the complex decision-making tasks to control and optimize the flow of traffic and travel times.
Together with the established engineering team, you will supervise the remote production process to make sure that ITS devices are produced efficiently and meet consistent quality. Regular visits to the production site are required.
At Yunex, we make life better for people, and at Yunex Traffic we positively impact the quality of life of millions of American drivers daily by making traffic flow safely and efficiently.
Primary Responsibilities
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Requirements: Understand the end user and capture their needs, pain points, and how to address those. Distill specifications from industry standards and shape the product design for compliance.
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Design: Craft high level system designs, review other’s designs and create board schematics with component selection for industrial environments, optimizing value for cost.
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Implementation: Support CAD/Layout experts by providing constraints and layout considerations, integrating your board into the overall product.
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Validation: Create test plans and perform bring-up, I/O validation, system and environmental testing.
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Innovation: Ideate and create new concepts to solve old problems, find better ways to develop products in terms of reliability, adaptability, testability, maintainability, etc.
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Collaboration: Engage with colleagues in the US and in the UK as part of an agile hardware/firmware team. Lead by example and excel with a dynamic team in a highly collaborative environment
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Delivery: Realize the product vision on time and on budget by identifying risk areas and developing/executing creative risk mitigation measures to counteract obstacles and delays
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Problem Solving: Support identifying and resolving issues that arise in production or deployment, occasionally travelling to customer sites for on-premise analysis
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Create and maintain work instructions
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Implement methods to inspect and test the products
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Design tooling and scripts for software configuration of the product
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Perform failure analysis
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Lead continuous improvement, problem solving and process improvement activities
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Stay current with industry product specification
Preferred Education, Skills, and Experience:
Proved experience in following: Linux, embedded systems and PCBAs, are mandatory.
Education:
Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Electronics or related field.
Experience:
3–6 years in production engineering
KSA (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Knowledge: Engineering foundations (math, computing, engineering fundamentals), quality & process models, standards/compliance (e.g., MUTCD for traffic)
- Skills: Requirements specification/validation; design synthesis/evaluation; CM tools; test planning; data analysis
- Abilities: Problem-solving, cross-functional collaboration, clear technical communication across stakeholders
Core Competencies
- Systems thinking & requirements analysis (translate customer/operational needs into verifiable requirements, traceability)
- Design & architecture (concept development, trade studies, risk/quality integration)
- Safety & reliability engineering (FMEA, hazard analysis, field safety protocols)
- Configuration management & lifecycle management (baseline control, change control, documentation)
- Stakeholder & supplier management (technical reviews, acceptance criteria, contracts support)
Why Join Us?
You’ll play a pivotal role in winning high-impact traffic projects, shaping proposals that showcase innovative and scalable solutions. Reporting to the Head of Engineering, you'll work with cross-functional teams to produce high-quality, compliant, and persuasive documents that directly contribute to business growth.
- Competitive Pay
- Comprehensive Benefits:
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage through BCBSTX
- Company-paid disability and life insurance
- Employer-funded Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA)
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- 10 Company paid holidays
- Work with cutting-edge ITS technology and be part of a global leader in traffic management solutions.
- Impactful Work: Help make roads safer, communities more livable, and mobility more sustainable.
How do I apply?
We can only accept online applications. Click the “Apply Now” button below to submit your application.
About Us:
We are a global leader in intelligent transport systems with more than 3,500 passionate employees who pioneer, develop, create, install and maintain innovative road traffic and mobility solutions all over the world.
We make our roads smarter, safer and greener. The work we do enables cities, highways authorities and infrastructure operators to create a new world of mobility and makes cities more livable for everyone.
Our solutions range from traffic lights, tolling solutions and tunnel management to software, AI applications and the intelligent networking of all road users.
Become a Traffic Transformer and help us to continue transforming towns and cities all over the world.
Our Commitment:
At Yunex Traffic, the uniqueness of our people is our strength. Our people are at the heart of what we do and every voice, perspective and contribution is valued. The future of mobility needs people who think down different tracks and we empower our people to transform cities all over the world. Join us and make a difference too.
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Statement
Yunex Traffic is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
Nearest Major Market: Austin